Formation on the sea floor of the Hellyer volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit

Economic Geology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 686-695

  Solomon, Michael ^a   Zaw, Khin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL;

BRINE; MASSIVE SULFIDE; ORE DEPOSITION; SEAWATER; SULPHIDE ORE; VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULFIDE;

AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA, MOUNT READ;

EID: 0031408998     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.92.6.686     Document Type: Article

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